Glen Wood, the courtly and innovative patriarch of the famed Wood Brothers Racing team who had been the oldest living member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, died Friday. He was 93. He died on Friday in Stuart, Virginia, after a long illness. Wood Brothers announced the death of its… Read More

A 71-year-old Massachusetts man is recovering from a stroke he suffered while driving on a major highway and a doctor says he has his 12-year-old grandson to thank. Benjamin Bubis, a seventh-grader from Canton, was on his way to soccer practice on Tuesday on Interstate 495 when his grandfather, Boris… Read More

Authorities say a child pornography investigation led to bestiality charges for a Georgia couple. WALB-TV reports that 40-year-old Michael Scott King and 42-year-old Tina Marie King were arrested Thursday after federal investigators and Pelham police searched their home. Sponsored: 3 Chemicals to AVOID [Listed inside] Police Chief Nealie McCormick says Michael King is… Read More

A sheriff’s office in Georgia says a woman threw a soft drink at a Waffle House worker who put her change on the counter instead of in her hand. The Covington News reports the Newton County Sheriff’s Office says the woman was angry about the placement of her change and threw the… Read More

Perdue is recalling more than 68,000 pounds (30,844 kilograms) of chicken nuggets because they may be contaminated with wood. The gluten free Organics Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets were produced on Oct. 25 and were sold at stores nationwide. Sponsored: Have you taken this in the past 20 years? They have a… Read More

A Pennsylvania police department’s request for volunteers to get drunk for law and order purposes generated a predictably enthusiastic response. The Kutztown Police Department sought three volunteers to drink hard liquor to the point of inebriation so officers could be trained how to administer field sobriety tests during traffic stops…. Read More

Steve Carell is starring in a new workplace comedy that could be out of this world. Netflix said Wednesday that Carell is re-teaming with “The Office” producers Greg Daniels and Howard Klein on the series “Space Force.” It’s about the people assigned to create a sixth branch of the armed… Read More

The Latest on the resignation of interim Michigan State University President John Engler (all times local): 9:30 a.m. Michigan State University trustees garnered applause after voting to force the immediate resignation of the university’s interim president. John Engler submitted his resignation letter Wednesday, saying he’d resign next week after making… Read More

Maine’s giant spinning ice disk that quickly gained international fame seems to have met its end. The formation in the Presumpscot River in Greater Portland stopped rotating Wednesday, two days after a video of its mesmerizing movement was widely shared on social media. Sponsored: 90-year-olds becoming 30-year-olds The roughly 100-yard… Read More

An Idaho woman who thought she was gaining weight because of menopause discovered she actually had a 50-pound tumor that had been growing inside her for decades. Boise television station KTVB reports Brenda Cridland of Meridian chalked up her weight gain to aging, but when her health started to quickly decline about… Read More